The Pantheon of Gods dethroned the Titan Race, ushering a new age called the Era of Gods.

In this Era, the Gods decided to create a new race in their own image and have this race serve them. This race was called the Mortal Race. However, in a twist of fate, these beings known as Mortals not only inherited the Gods' image, but also their ambition.

Thus, the Mortals who was once deemed as an inferior race by the Gods created a method of cultivating the world's natural energy to become Immortals and stand next to the Gods.

The Jade Immortal, the strongest of the Immortals, besiege the Pantheon of Gods and carved out a place at the summit for Mortals, allowing them to become one of the Divine Races, along with the God Race, the Celestial Race, and the Titan Race.

However, in retaliation, the Gods divided the world into the Heavenly Realm, and the countless Mortal Realms before casting all the Mortals down to the Mortal Realms. They then blocked their ascension to the Heavenly Realm and their path of cultivating to Immortality, by cursing their entire race to face a series of Heavenly Tribulations.

That event was a very, very long time ago. So long ago that the story was all but lost in the history of the Mortal Realms.

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'…I'm not as strong as you think Sol. I'm too weak to save the village, that's why I need you to leave. Goodbye son…'

After his father was murdered and his peaceful village massacred, Sol woke up to find a mysterious old man standing over him claiming to be his new Master.

“You want revenge, don’t you? I’ll train you so you have the strength to take it, but you have to become my one and only disciple first!”

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This coming-of-age story follows Solovin Iziah Solaris, a village boy with a mysterious past who is stuck between two Realms. Watch as he grows from a clever, but naive youth, into someone who has to shoulder the world.

"Weren't you the one who came into my room to ramble about the mysterious boy who fought against Byeong-Ho?"


"Brother Sol might not be reachable in the future, but that's only in the future. For now, I can call him a friend and a brother. Then, at least when he becomes a peerless existence that everyone can only look up to, I will be able to say that I was once his brother. But what kind of memory will he have of you if you let him leave now? The strange girl who tried to force him into marriage?"


Ha-Yoon at this point had her shoulders slumped a bit.


"But I taught him how to play the guqin."


"So? Brother Sol will be surrounded by women with heavenly beauty that could play him the guqin whenever he wants. Do you think he'll remember you with just that?"


Ha-Yoon's expression finally showed signs of a crack, while a slight worry appeared in her eyes.


Chapter 96 - Chapter 96- Another Reason to Get Stronger